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Kate Bornstein Quotes

I was a lonely, frightened little fat kid who felt there was something deeply wrong with me because I didn’t feel like I was the gender I’d been assigned. I felt there was something wrong with me, something sick and twisted inside me, something very very bad about me. And everything I read backed that up Picture Quote #1

There are Easter eggs in every book I’ve ever written. I think in the first one I called [Scientology] Diabology, but I was scared, so I didn’t tell many people what it really meant Picture Quote #1

The transgender movement even divides itself up by gender, as many folks stick with their same trans-genders (female-to-male or male-to-female). Additionally, the movement gets strangely subdivided among, for example, male cross-dressers, sissy boys, butch women, femme dykes, drag kings, drag queens, transvestites, intersexed, transsexuals (post-op, pre-op, and non-op) Picture Quote #1

I honor anybody who wants to be a man and do the work of becoming a man. I honor anyone who mindfully becomes a woman. That’s cool. But, I really don’t get how there’s only two choices. There’s no two of anything else in the entire universe; why should there only be two genders? I don’t get it Picture Quote #1

Both bisexuality and transgender are fluid notions of identity, while lesbian and gay are fixed identities. Some people believe that means there should be two movements: LG and BT. But then what’re ya gonna do about SM players? And intersexed folks who want their own I in the alphabet soup of sex and gender related politics? Picture Quote #1

The current transgender movement is composed of a great number of factions, divided by those old favorites of class, race, age, language, region, and nationality Picture Quote #1

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There’s a simple way to look at gender: Once upon a time, someone drew a line in the sans of culture and proclaimed with great self-importance, ‘On this site, you are a man; on the other side, you are a woman.’ It’s time for the winds of change to blow that line away. Simple Picture Quote #1

I see fashion as a proclamation or manifestation of identity, so, as long as identities are important, fashion will continue to be important. The link between fashion and identity begins to get real interesting, however, in the case of people who don’t fall clearly into a culturally-recognized identity Picture Quote #1

I was obsessed, and like most obsessed people, I was the last one to know it Picture Quote #1

…gender is not sane. It’s not sane to call a rainbow black and white Picture Quote #1

I was a lonely, frightened little fat kid who felt there was something deeply wrong with me because I didn’t feel like I was the gender I’d been assigned. I felt there was something wrong with me, something sick and twisted inside me, something very very bad about me. And everything I read backed that up Picture Quote #1

Your life’s work begins when your great joy meets the world’s great hunger Picture Quote #1

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I love the idea of being without an identity, it gives me a lot of room to play around; but it makes me dizzy, having nowhere to hang my hat Picture Quote #1

Drag queen is a gender like no other, and with practice I’d learned to rise to it Picture Quote #1

There’s no such thing as hurting someone for their own good. There’s only hurting someone for your own good Picture Quote #1

It’s easy to fictionalize an issue when you’re not aware of the many ways in which you are privileged by it Picture Quote #1

I have this idea that every time we discover that the names we’re being called are somehow keeping us less than free, we need to come up with new names for ourselves, and that the names we give ourselves must no longer reflect a fear of being labeled outsiders, must no longer bind us to a system that would rather see us dead Picture Quote #1

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I was a lonely, frightened little fat kid who felt there was something deeply wrong with me because I didn’t feel like I was the gender I’d been assigned. I felt there was something wrong with me, something sick and twisted inside me, something very very bad about me. And everything I read backed that up. (Kate Bornstein Quotes) There are Easter eggs in every book I’ve ever written. I think in the first one I called [Scientology] Diabology, but I was scared, so I didn’t tell many people what it really meant. (Kate Bornstein Quotes) The transgender movement even divides itself up by gender, as many folks stick with their same trans-genders (female-to-male or male-to-female). Additionally, the movement gets strangely subdivided among, for example, male cross-dressers, sissy boys, butch women, femme dykes, drag kings, drag queens, transvestites, intersexed, transsexuals (post-op, pre-op, and non-op). (Kate Bornstein Quotes) I honor anybody who wants to be a man and do the work of becoming a man. I honor anyone who mindfully becomes a woman. That’s cool. But, I really don’t get how there’s only two choices. There’s no two of anything else in the entire universe; why should there only be two genders? I don’t get it. (Kate Bornstein Quotes) Both bisexuality and transgender are fluid notions of identity, while lesbian and gay are fixed identities. Some people believe that means there should be two movements: LG and BT. But then what’re ya gonna do about SM players? And intersexed folks who want their own I in the alphabet soup of sex and gender related politics? (Kate Bornstein Quotes) The current transgender movement is composed of a great number of factions, divided by those old favorites of class, race, age, language, region, and nationality. (Kate Bornstein Quotes) There’s a simple way to look at gender: Once upon a time, someone drew a line in the sans of culture and proclaimed with great self-importance, ‘On this site, you are a man; on the other side, you are a woman.’ It’s time for the winds of change to blow that line away. Simple (Kate Bornstein Quotes) I see fashion as a proclamation or manifestation of identity, so, as long as identities are important, fashion will continue to be important. The link between fashion and identity begins to get real interesting, however, in the case of people who don’t fall clearly into a culturally-recognized identity (Kate Bornstein Quotes) I was obsessed, and like most obsessed people, I was the last one to know it (Kate Bornstein Quotes) …gender is not sane. It’s not sane to call a rainbow black and white (Kate Bornstein Quotes) I was a lonely, frightened little fat kid who felt there was something deeply wrong with me because I didn’t feel like I was the gender I’d been assigned. I felt there was something wrong with me, something sick and twisted inside me, something very very bad about me. And everything I read backed that up (Kate Bornstein Quotes) Your life’s work begins when your great joy meets the world’s great hunger (Kate Bornstein Quotes) I love the idea of being without an identity, it gives me a lot of room to play around; but it makes me dizzy, having nowhere to hang my hat (Kate Bornstein Quotes) Drag queen is a gender like no other, and with practice I’d learned to rise to it (Kate Bornstein Quotes) There’s no such thing as hurting someone for their own good. There’s only hurting someone for your own good (Kate Bornstein Quotes) It’s easy to fictionalize an issue when you’re not aware of the many ways in which you are privileged by it (Kate Bornstein Quotes) I have this idea that every time we discover that the names we’re being called are somehow keeping us less than free, we need to come up with new names for ourselves, and that the names we give ourselves must no longer reflect a fear of being labeled outsiders, must no longer bind us to a system that would rather see us dead (Kate Bornstein Quotes)